Víctor Lavallén

Víctor Luis Lavallén (18 December 1935) is an Argentinian bandoneonist, orchestra conductor, composer, and tango arranger. His professional career started in the 1950s.

In November 2024, he was declared a "Distinguished Personality for Culture" by the Buenos Aires City Legislature in recognition of his substantial contribution to the development of the genre.

Life

Early years Lavallén was born on December 18, 1935, in Rosario, into a family of musicians. During his childhood, he studied trumpet, but at the age of eight, his uncle, the bandoneon player Héctor Chera, introduced him to the instrument that would define his career. At fourteen, he moved to Buenos Aires, where he debuted in a group led by Eduardo Serrano at the Picadilly theater. After a brief stint with that orchestra, he continued his training with the bandoneon player Eladio Blanco, a member of Juan D’Arienzo’s orchestra. Buenosaireando (2008) Atemporal (2015) De menor a mayor (2015) Comme il faut (2019), with Pablo Estigarribia and Horacio Cabarcos.